Dental Porcelain Laminates
Also called Dental Veneers or Lumineers

Dental porcelain laminates are mostly used in cosmetic dentistry. They are thin shells of porcelain that are custom made to fit your teeth by a ceramist-dentist team. The most important element of a porcelain veneer is the skill and talent of your dentist. Your dentist will bond the porcelain veneers, or dental porcelain laminates, to your teeth. Your dentist must choose the best type of porcelain and have the artistic eye to create something that can beat the beauty of natural teeth.

Do my teeth have to be ground down? Not necessarily. The most marketed name for a no grinding porcelain veneer is Lumineer. You can have whiter, longer, straighter and younger looking teeth with porcelain veneers. It will naturally depend on what is best for you. Most of Dr. Sam Muslin's patients get their porcelain veneers without having their teeth ground down.

Not all porcelain is the same!! As the cosmetic dental industry grows there are methods that offer less expensive porcelain veneers, however they may not be better. The porcelain can be pressed as with the Empress Technique or the G3 Porcelain, or ground into shape as with the Cerec CAD/CAM Porcelain Technique. A porcelain core can be made using the Procera Technique or the Lava Technique. There are many ways to construct porcelain veneers and the best technique will look more natural. That is why your dentist plays such an important role and needs to know all of the techniques. Dr. Sam Muslin prefers a porcelain technique which is in his opinion the most natural, long lasting, best looking and least bulky. (he will not say anything bad about the other techniques in this website)

What are the advantages of porcelain veneers? Porcelain veneers can restore the surface of your teeth by making them smooth and stain free again. Porcelain veneers, Lumineers and Dental Laminates can make crooked teeth look perfectly straight in two weeks. They can make short teeth longer, old teeth younger looking, and yellow teeth much whiter without having to bleach and re-bleach your teeth to keep them white. With porcelain veneers you won't need BriteSmile, Zoom, Crest Strips or any of the chemicals that are in them. Porcelain veneers can be a better choice that lasts.

Are they safe? Porcelain Veneers are biologically compatible and do not interact with the body.

Do they last? Dr. Sam Muslin's father has had them for approximately 20 years. At 82, he still has nice natural looking teeth that are healthy and strong. (Dr. Muslin feels that if you can't experiment on your own family, what good are they?) That's a joke, Dad.